Editing Joris-Karl Huysmans (section)

===Art criticism===
In addition to his novels, Huysmans was known for his art criticism, collected in his books ''L'Art Moderne'' (1883)<ref>In [https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n07/julian-barnes/robespierre-s-chamber-pot "Robespierre's Chamber Pot"], [[Julian Barnes]] writes that the 2019 translation by Huysmans biographer Robert Baldick that he reviews (titled ''Modern Art'') is the first translation of ''L'Art Moderne'' into English. ''London Review of Books'', 2 April 2020. Barnes adds that ''L'Art Moderne'' comprises Huysmans's reviews of "the Salons of 1879-82 and the Independent Exhibitions of 1880-1882".</ref> and ''Certains'' (1889).<ref>''Certains'' was translated into English for the first time in 2021, as ''Certain Artists''. It [https://huysmans.org/dedalus/certains.htm includes extended analyses of works by Edgar Degas, Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, and Félicien Rops.]</ref> "[H]e was a perceptive and talented art critic who was among the first to recognize the genius of [[Edgar Degas|Degas]] and the Impressionists."<ref>Antosh, Ruth (2024). ''J.-K. Huysmans'', p. 7.</ref> But after Huysmans sent a copy of ''L'Art Moderne'' to [[Camille Pissarro]], Pissarro wrote to him, "How is it that you don't say one word about [[Paul Cézanne|Cézanne]], whom not one of us has failed to acknowledge as one of the most singular temperaments of our time, and one who has had a very great influence on modern art? I was extremely surprised by your articles on [[Claude Monet|Monet]]. How can such astonishing vision, such phenomenal execution and such rare and extensive decorative feeling not have struck you back in 1870 ...?"<ref>[[Anka Muhlstein|Muhlstein, Anka]], ''Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism''. New York: [[Other Press]], 2023, p. 125.</ref>